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I haven't read all the comments but I have to say this, nobody should be searching for a new job after just 9 months. I have to wonder what the folks in Florida think of their superintendent applying for a new position so soon.

This story would be laughable if the churches weren't one of the places people go to gamble. Bingo is gambling as far as I'm concerned insofar was folks pay money for a chance to win a jackpot which is no different than putting a few quarters into a slot machine for a chance at winning money.

I wonder how much more this type of play will go on before the front office realizes it made a big mistake in letting Tito and Theo go. Texas had better remember that payback is a b*tch and running up the score has consequences.

This project can only bring much needed competition for food shopping in Holyoke. With 2 Stop & Shops and a Save-A-Lot in the city there wasn't that much incentive to keep prices low. As for the critics who complain about additional traffic I can only say that you knew there was lots of traffic in the area because of the mall and businesses on Whitney Ave. when you built or purchased your homes there. I suppose you would rather that the Atlas Copco build sat unused and not helping to ease the tax burden on home owners in the city.

At the risk of sounding like someone who might be wearing a tinfoil hat, I too smell a set-up. What if the kids parents weren't satisfied with the outcome of the case against Ms. Lavoie and enticed him to make contact with her. Then it just so happens that her probation officer stops by and searches her apartment to see if she's hiding the kid. I'm sorry but the odds of winning the lottery are better than the odds the kid just happens to be there when he shows up for a "spot check". The kid's parents wanted her to do jail time and the only way to make that happen was to make sure she violated the terms of her probation.

So Ch. 40 can't have 1 sports reporter but can have 3 weather people. Has anyone else noticed that sports reporting is an afterthought nowadays? Ch. 22 has 4 weather people and only Ryan Walsh with his 2 minutes at the end of the 5:00-6:30 newscast while Lapis has his puss on the TV for close to 20 minutes. Funny that what John Quill could cover in 5-6 minutes now takes almost half an hour.

What I would say to Luke Scott is that he is a professional ball player and as such should be above letting the fans get to him. That he now admits that the fans get under his skin will now encourage the fans to up the ante. Not smart Luke.

It's too bad that with so many people surrounding this woman that nobody said to her "don't take that Xanax with booze". All too often the people that are supposed to look out for the best interests of people like Whitney Houston are yes men and enablers. At least if you say "hey I wouldn't do that if I were you" and they went ahead and did it, then your conscious would be clear.

This will become a freestanding CVS to replace the store at the Century Plaza which is outdated. This new one will have a drive up window which the old one couldn't have. So far this company has built stores on Riverdale, Parker St., State St. and Whiting Farms Rd in Holyoke where Bernie's was.

It's amazing how some folks can jump all over John Kerry for buying a boat and keeping it in Rhode Island to avoid Massachusetts taxes yet Mitt had a Swiss bank account to avoid paying income tax here in the US and all anyone can say is that Obama is a bad president. That Mitten continues to keep a majority of his money in the Cayman Islands is somehow not a bad thing either.

I hear that Prendergast will not get the Acting Commissioner job. I hear that Deputy Joseph Conant may get the nod. My son is one of the applicants who was equal to Zach Prendergast on the list so I hope he gets another chance to interview for the job. My son is already trained as a firefighter via the Federal government.

How is it corruption when the Lt. Governor specifically told the State Police to handle the case as they would with any other case. Funny how it's one party corruption here but in Iowa or any other red state it's hunky dory.

He's a divider not a uniter. He held the people who worked for him to a very high standard of conduct but allowed his favorites to do whatever they wanted with no consequences. I know that he will not be missed because up until the time he became chief it was not unusual for the chief to attend retirement celebrations and other events during the year. He has not been welcome at retirements, wakes, funerals, golf outings and picnics for many years. I know that was true of past chiefs Boudet and Sullivan who were well liked by the rank and file.

Because the letter is about stopping voter fraud. Can anyone here give a specific case of somebody voting twice to effect the outcome of an election? We can't get most people to vote once let alone twice. The whole concept of Voter ID is not to provide "integrity" to the election process, it is to frustrate voters with more Government (brought to you by the less government folks) and thus restrict their voting.